Providing expert accountancy reports in Proceeds of Crime confiscations has represented a substantial proportion of the crime and fraud focused work that I have been doing for quite some time now. When I started my specialist forensic accountancy business almost … Read more…

As a forensic accountant I am seeing an increasing number of tax evasion cases in my portfolio of work. The ultimate result in such cases has to be a fair settlement of any unpaid tax, and this normally means a … Read more…

Mark Jenner & Co Limited is happy to examine all cases of fraud and financial crime for the prosecuting authorities and prepare an independent expert accountant’s report that can be supported by oral evidence in court. Our input can include … Read more…

The inevitability of tax is a burden we all share. Shouldering this burden is not helped by the regular news items reporting waste and inappropriate spending by the various public bodies, even in this climate of so called “austerity”. The … Read more…

Does Preventing Tax Evasion Also Cure Money Laundering? Tax evasion and money laundering represent the outside layers of the same onion, whereby the core consists of drug trafficking, robbery and extortion. The outside layers are no less serious, and can … Read more…

As a forensic accountant I have been dealing with cases of money laundering involving some Hawala aspect or another for a number of years. Hawala and Similar Service Providers (HOSSPs) are money transfer businesses that are used extensively in other … Read more…

My work as a forensic accountant means that I undertake fraud and financial investigations that result in reports that are presented to the Court and supported by me giving expert oral evidence in many cases. When I work as an … Read more…

As an independent forensic accountant assisting parties with financial disputes I am often obliged to provide opinions regarding the evidence that I have examined. This is an obligation not to be taken lightly, particularly when a person’s liberty or life … Read more…

Almost every forensic accounting case handled by Mark Jenner & Co Limited will involve some money laundering. It is the backbone of every fraud and financial crime that is committed, and very often these days is the predicate offence that … Read more…

Mark Jenner & Co Limited receive instructions as Forensic Tax Accountants on a regular basis, considering small and large criminal tax evasion cases. Sometimes, these cases can be very substantial owing to the complexity of tax affairs and the long … Read more…

Mark Jenner & Co Limited has provided forensic accountancy services in numerous cases involving disputes surrounding the insolvency process. Formerly investigators for both the Department For Business and private sector Insolvency Practitioners, as a firm we now focus on how … Read more…

The whole fraud investigation industry must be concerned about the recurring criticism levied upon the Serious Fraud Office. Only recently the Times and others reported the latest trial bungle, with the SFO ordered to pay legal costs of £7 million … Read more…

Money laundering crops up in most of my forensic accounting assignments. This can range from tracing money stolen by the fraudsters or providing a balanced response for a defendant to a proceeds of crime confiscation. At the other end of … Read more…

Hawala Banking Expert Mark Jenner & Co Limited continues to receive several instructions each year as forensic accountants where the issue of Hawala Banking is central to the matter. In fact, Hawala has become a much overused term, with the … Read more…

Obtaining Credit – The Start Of The Problem? Obtaining credit underpins the whole concept of carrying out business in the modern world. It is rare to find a company that goes about its affairs without taking out loans and overdrafts … Read more…

Computers – A Gateway For The Fraudster? As soon as the word “computer” is added, a fraud seems to take on an even more sinister and secretive veneer. It is one thing for losses to take place hidden amongst the … Read more…

Confiscation proceedings follow a criminal conviction for a number of different crimes. Anybody making money from illegal activities is likely to commit a qualifying offence. Such offences are those where the benefit from the crimes trigger a £5,000 threshold or … Read more…

Tax evasion is one of the key tenets of our business. The challenge is to establish for our clients how little or how much should have been disclosed to the Revenue during or following a criminal investigation. Much of the … Read more…

Money laundering activity is not restricted to the criminals who are trying to clean up their proceeds of crime so that they can spend it or invest in further criminal activities. Every business and every individual is also just as … Read more…

Tracing Assets In Matrimonial Disputes Providing expert accounting assistance in cases of a failed marriage is a regular task for a forensic accountant. This is especially so for one who specialises in matters of fraud, because much of the work … Read more…